Regional processor · Latin America
Does Mercado Pago work in Costa Rica?
Mercado Pago does not onboard businesses registered in Costa Rica.
What a business in Costa Rica can use
Mercado Pago’s products, for a company incorporated in Costa Rica.
Online payments through Checkout Pro (hosted by Mercado Pago), Checkout API / Checkout Transparente (on your site), Checkout Bricks (embeddable components), payment links and subscriptions. Methods include cards, local bank transfers, cash vouchers, Mercado Pago account balance and card-free installments, varying by country.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
A free Mercado Pago business account holds sales proceeds in local currency. Confirmed on the Brazil and Mexico seller pages only.
In Mexico, sellers get a free card to spend the money from their sales.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
Mercado Pago's checkout products are available in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, through a seller account on that country's site. Outside these seven countries, its sales team can set up a Cross Border account that collects in local currency and pays out in USD to a bank abroad, but Mercado Pago publishes no list of eligible seller countries.
Onboarding confidence: medium. Source: Mercado Pago Developers: Checkout Pro (Availability by country). Everything about Mercado Pago
Alternatives in Costa Rica
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Accept payments
Pay people abroad
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Stablecoins
Yield on idle cash
Selling to Costa Rica
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1Credit / debit cards (Visa / Mastercard)
- 2SINPE bank transfer
- 3SINPE Móvil
- 4Cash (PayCash, BN Servicios)
Stablecoin rules in Costa Rica
We have not reviewed the stablecoin rules here yet.
Common questions
Does Mercado Pago work in Costa Rica?
No. Mercado Pago does not onboard businesses registered in Costa Rica.
What are the alternatives to Mercado Pago in Costa Rica?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in Costa Rica: PayPal, Airwallex, Payoneer, dLocal, Bridge, Paddle, Polar, Gumroad and 3 more. With limits: Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Mercado Pago elsewhere in Latin America